Edmonton Journal said: / ?) K5 q- ]2 ~"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004."& B! C( m) C( u$ B0 V
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( b& U3 m w& T" S+ V/ m"Without the Olympics' willingness to play, China could never have had this kind of opportunity to show the world the power of a national mind so sharply focused on an instrument of good., fear China a little less, maybe even like it a little?" 5 M' ]2 v" B* Y$ A" r-----------------------------------------------1 ?* h. d* e/ T
the meaning of the big party is inestimable.